The donated meals goes to the Idaho Foodbank and is then shared with greater than 465 companions of the group.
MERIDIAN, Idaho — Idahoans contributed to the Thirtieth-annual Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive on Saturday by leaving non-perishable meals of their mailboxes to be picked up by the Nationwide Affiliation of Letter Carriers (NALC) within the Treasure Valley.
Annually, NALC organizes the occasion, which is the biggest meals drive within the nation. The donated meals goes to the Idaho Foodbank and is then shared with greater than 465 companions of the group.
Whereas on their mail routes on Saturday, NALC picked up the meals left in luggage within residents’ mailboxes. Volunteers with the Idaho Foodbank then kind the donations at completely different submit places of work across the Treasure Valley, such because the Major Submit Workplace in Boise.
NALC shouldn’t be alone in organizing the Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive. Nationwide companions embody the U.S. Postal Service, the United Meals and Business Employees Worldwide Union (UFCW), the Nationwide Rural Letter Carriers’ Affiliation, Vericast, United Manner Worldwide, the AFL-CIO, Valpak, the Kellogg Co. and CVS Well being.
The nationwide meals drive started with a pilot drive in 10 U.S. cities in 1991. NALC stated as a result of the primary occasion was so profitable, the group turned to making a nationwide drive, with NALC branches in every state.
In 2010, the Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive handed one-billion kilos in meals collected since its inaugural occasion.
A donation could be made to assist Stamp Out Starvation on the Idaho Foodbank’s web site. To study extra about meals help in Idaho, go to the Idaho Foodbank’s Meals Help Locator.
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